Описание: In 1840, a young Edward John Eyre embarked on a pioneering trek from Adelaide to Western Australia. Published in 1845, this account enables readers to `accompany` the explorer on his harrowing expedition. Volume 2 leads readers from a `night of horrors` to the celebratory aborigine reception that awaited the survivors.
Описание: Earl J.Hess`s study of armies and fortifications turns to the 1864 Overland Campaign to cover battles from the Wilderness to Cold Harbor. Drawing on primary sources and examination of battlefields at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Bermuda Hundred, and Cold Harbor, Hess analyses Union and Confederate movements and tactics and the new way Grant and Lee employed entrenchments.
Описание: In 1832, aged just seventeen, the future colonial governor Edward John Eyre (1815-1901) set sail from London for Australia. The farming life that awaited him laid the foundations of an enduring interest in the topography, anthropology and zoology of his adopted homeland. Following an initial expedition in 1839, in 1840 Eyre set out on his pioneering trek from Adelaide to Western Australia. The year-long adventure financially ruined the explorer, but won him the coveted gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society for discovering Lake Torrens. Published in 1845, this two-volume account of the expedition made Eyre a household name in Britain and fuelled popular interest in the former penal colony. It reveals the hardship experienced on the journey, including conflicts within the party, desperate searches for water, and the murder of an overseer. It concludes with a fascinating account of the celebratory aborigine reception that awaited the survivors.
Описание: In 1840, a young Edward John Eyre embarked on a pioneering trek from Adelaide to Western Australia. Published in 1845, this account enables readers to `accompany` the explorer on his harrowing expedition. Volume 1 relates some of the darkest moments he witnessed, including desperate searches for water, conflict, and murder.
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